Followinganearly a decade of research, this account solves the
mysterious death of biochemist Frank Olson, revealing the
identities of his murderers in shocking detail. It offers a unique
and unprecedented look into the backgrounds of many former CIA,
FBI, and Federal Narcotics Bureau officials?including several who
actually oversaw the CIAOCOs mind-control programs from the 1950s
to the 1970s. In retracing these programs, a frequently bizarre and
always frightening world is introduced, colored and dominated by
many factors?Cold War fears, the secret relationship between the
nationOCOs drug enforcement agencies and the CIA, and the
governmentOCOs close collaboration with the Mafia."